Someone has to look after the children, yes? I started off by writing a lament about my own school days, and how much I loved summer, and how much time was wasted, etc. But then I realized...my mother had to work a day job, and I was an asshole even as a child. Should she have to deal with me 24 hours a day while making a living? Is that possible...?
Is it not more efficent to allow an institution to babysit children rather than working parents? It's a matter of cost/benefits like anything else.
Still, I wish I could really "drop out" from it all. The article reminds me of that fact. I spend 3 dollars/day on food and every other penny goes to shining my prison walls.
Is it not more efficent to allow an institution to babysit children rather than working parents? It's a matter of cost/benefits like anything else.
Maybe. But if what we want is an institution for babysitting, we ought to call it "babysitting", and have conversations about the institution of babysitting.
Instead we call what we do "education" and have conversations where we treat it like a magic spell that will transform children and society.
I would love it if I could hear a politician or columnist say "more investment in babysitting is always a good thing", or "babysitting is the key to solving our social problems".
Is it not more efficent to allow an institution to babysit children rather than working parents? It's a matter of cost/benefits like anything else.
Still, I wish I could really "drop out" from it all. The article reminds me of that fact. I spend 3 dollars/day on food and every other penny goes to shining my prison walls.